Friday Night SmackDown Results, Winners and WWE Highlights

Bayley, Raquel Rodriguez, Kiana James and Jacy Jayne clashed to determine who would advance to the Queen of the Ring Tournament Semifinals. Rodriguez dominated early by using her strength to take control. Bayley connected with a top-rope elbow drop to Jayne, but James broke up the pinfall. Some miscommunication between James and Giulia cost James the chance to win. James thought Giulia had pulled her foot off the rope as she was close to winning, though Jayne was the culprit. The argument between the two allowed Rodriguez to hit the Tejana Bomb on James to win the match. After the bout, James berated Giulia, who viciously struck her associate.

Royce Keys faced a tall task as he battled Talla Tonga. Tonga smashed Keys throughout the match, forcing Keys to adapt to try to take down Tonga. Eventually, Keys bounced off the ropes to hit a huge tackle on Tonga and bring down the tree-like mastodon. Keys then followed up with a jaw-dropping powerslam. Tama Tonga struck Keys outside the ring behind the referee’s back, allowing Talla to take advantage and hit a Talla T-Bomb on Keys to win the match. Damian Priest prevented R-Truth from saving Royce Keys

Former fierce rivals Charlotte Flair and Women’s United States Champion Tiffany Stratton made an unlikely team as they took on Jade Cargill and Michin. Michin paid homage to AJ Styles as she leveled Flair with the Styles Clash, but The Queen kicked out. Stratton tried to hit a senton on Cargill, who instead smashed Stratton with a powerbomb. Cargill went for Jaded, but Stratton evaded with a rollup attempt. Stratton’s attempt for a Prettiest Moonsault Ever was countered by Cargill before The Storm followed with Jaded to get the win.

Ricky Saints and Carmelo Hayes clashed in another thriller, the third of their show-stealing matches. Hayes dropped Saints with Dirty Diana, but Saints kicked out before Hayes kicked out of a Revolution DDT from Saints. Hayes kept up his creativity by nailing the First 48, but Saints then reversed a rollup attempt by Hayes and held the tights to get the win.

Without Women’s United States Champion Tiffany Stratton by her side, Chelsea Green had to go it alone against Lash Legend. Green tried running away from Legend, but Legend kept blocking her path and eventually pummeled her with an elbow. Though Jax attacked Green behind the referee’s back at ringside, Green quickly fought back. Green went for the Unprettier, but Legend reversed and connected with the Lash Extension to get the win.

Four champions squared off in a King of the Ring First-Round Match as AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio, WWE Tag Team Champion Damian Priest, World Tag Team Champion Bron Breakker and United States Champion Trick Williams battled. Breakker pummeled his competition early, demolishing Mysterio with a breakneck tackle. Breakker and Williams then hit a combined superplex on Priest that left all three men reeling. Breakker and Williams executed a Spear and a Trick Shot on Priest, but Mysterio pulled the referee out of the ring to stop the count. When Priest appeared to be closing in on the win, JD McDonagh and Liv Morgan interfered to prevent him from hitting the South of Heaven Chokeslam on Mysterio. Mysterio capitalized by nailing Priest with the 619 to win the match and set up a showdown with Oba Femi in the semifinals.